NATHAN TIDD,
DKALER 111
PITTSTON, WILKES - BARRE, AND !
LOYAL SOCK COAL.
Invites the patronage of his old friends and the pub
lic generally. I shall keep a full assortment
of all sizes,
AND SHALL SELL AT
LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH.
Yard and office, foot of I'ine street, jtlst south of
Court House.
Aug. 30 N. TIDD.
60th YEAR
of
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.
The oldest and Best Fashion Magazine |
in America.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
REDUCED TO .$2.00 PER YEAR.
Subscriptions will be received at this Office in
Clubs with this Paper.
The DAILY REVIEW and Godey's Lady's '
Book for one Year at $4.50.
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IN 1880.
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12 Steel Plate Beautiful Original Engravings.
12 Large and Elegantly Colored Fashion Plates. j
24 Pages of Vocal and Instrumental Music.
900 Engravings,on Art, Science, and Fashion.
12 Large Diagram Patterns of Ladies' and Chil
dren's Dresses. l
12 Architectural Designs for Beautiful Homes.
200 ur more Original Receipts for Family Use.
.\nd the usual Original Department matters.
The January No. of the New Year will be issued
December rst, and will contain the open n g chap- |
ters of one of the Best Serial Stories ever printed in j
American Magazine, by
CHRISTIAN REID,
the author of " A Gentle Belle," " Valerie Ayl- |
mer," "Morton House,"etc,, entitled
ROSLYN S FORTUNE.
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Address,
GODEY'S,LADY'S BOOK PUB. CO. (Limited),
10W, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa
BOOKS !
at
Auction
Will open to-morrow an IM
MENSE STOCK of Standard
and Miscellaneous
' BOOKS!
Family Bibles, Sunday School
Books, and other goods for the
holiday trade. Will be sold at
AUCTION, commencing Satur
day Evening Dec. 20.
D. LYONS.
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CHESTNUT, 4 25
GRATE, 4 25
EGG, 4 25
49- Cartage, FIFTY CENTS PER TON IN
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W. M. MALLORY, Towanaa.
HENRY MERCUR,
NATHAN TIDD,
E. B. PIERCE,
BARTLETT BROS., Wysox.
At WMim, formerly Phin
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Hvillivari Coal,
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EGG, - 3 00
GRATE, 3 00
SMALL CHESTNUT, U 5
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W. M. MALLORY.
October, 24, 1879.
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and cordially invite inspection of
my goods and a comparison of
prices.
Col. Means' mammoth
store, second door south of Mc.
Intyre Brothers hardware store.
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AI.VORD & SON. |
Text Booh Uniformity.
RESULT WHERE ROOKS IIAVE TO
STAND ON TIIEIU OWN MERIT.
At a Convention of School Directors, of
! Centre County, held a Bellefonte, Decem
| her 20, IK7B, pursuant to the call of 11.
! Meyer, Esq., County Superintendent, for
i the purpose of considering the propriety
| of taking measures to secure a uniformity
! of the text-books used in the schools of
said county, the following action was
i taken, over fifty directors being present
i and nearly all the district in the county
; being represented:
COPY OF MINUTES,
i Upon motion of C. P. Stonerod, of Snow
| Shoe township, the following preamble and
| resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS: Great expense and waste are
frequently incurred by the present and eon
nstatly changing variety of text-books used in
the common schools of Centre county, there
fore, be it
Resolved , By the representative directors
I here in session, that a system of text-books,
j suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in ;
| accordance with the laws of the State,
| throughout the county.
i Upon motion of ,J. C. P. Jones, the follow
ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting
i vote, to carry into effect the following pre
i amble and resolutions:
First. Tin* various publishing houses to
send samples of their books to eaeb school
board in tne county Tor examination and to
submit therewith the lowest exchange, intr -
ductory and wholesale prices, and the lenglh
of time they will guarantee to furnish them
at said price.
Second. No agent of any publtshing house
to be permitted to do any work in the county,
to be either general or local agent, beyond
sending his books and terms as above stated.
Any house or agent violating this under
standing, their books to be counted ou of the
contest.
Third. The several school boards of the
county, after examination of the various
books which may have been submitted, to
hold a meeting at which each director shall
make out a list of the books which he prefers
to have adopted in the county, and send it to
Henry Meyer, Esq., County Superindeut, at
Rebersburg, Pa., prior to* the tirst dav of
June, 187b, who shall ma :c .. e
several statements so sent, and the books up
on the various branches having the ighest
number of votes or preference shall be the
series recommended for county uniformity.
The County Superintendent, after having
made the above eanvaos as above, to send the
result of the same to each of the papers in the
county for publication.
W. C. HEINLE, Chairman.
J. C. P. JONES, Secretary.
The following is the result of the votes
of the Directors of Centre county, Pa., on
the uniformity of Text-books* in said
county, with the number of votes cast fro
each book, under the foregoing plan and
resolutions:
READERS. No. vote.
for caesh
New Graded 74
Independent 20
Appleton's 17
New American 12
SPELLERS.
Swinton's 83
New American 6
Independent 23
Appleton's 1
Patterson's
Sander's Union
ltaub's 1
GEOGRAPHIES.
Swinton's ... 100
Colton's 14
Mitchell's 10
Independent 1
Monteith's 5
HISTORIES.
Swinton's 63
Redpath's 5
Barnes' Brief 7
Butler's
Ouaekenbos' 1
Watson's _ .... g
V BITTEN ARITHMETIC.
Robinson's Shorter Course 57
Greenleaf's 14.
Brook's
Gilne's 22
Botf's 12
N rook's Union g
Mew American 4
MENTAL ARITHMETIC.
Milne's 7
Greenleaf's 4
ALGEBRA.
Robinson's 53
Greenleaf's 1
COPY BOOKS.
Spencerian UH
Appleton's 30
Ellsworth's 10
GRAMMARS.
Kerl's 72
Swinton's 77
Clark's Brief 15
Bullion's 1
Harvey's 20
Ouaekenbos' j
hewsinith's 1
LANGUAGE LESSONS.
Kerl's 5
Clark's 5
Harvey's 1
Morton's 5
BOOK-KEEPING.
Bryant & Stratton's 44
Folsom's g
Smith's
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
Townsend's
BOTANY.
Gray's - 42
Steele's
GEOLOGY.
Dana's 3g
DRAWING.
White's Industrial 4g
PHYSIOLOGY.
Steele's 9
Cutter's 9
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Steele's g
The attention of Directors is called to
Section LXII of the School Laws, which
requires every School Board in the State
o adopt a series of Text-books every,
year, during vacation, which books, and
110 others, can be used during the ensuing
school year. This is intended to fix a
uniform course of study for the school 01
each district.
The undersigned having been appoint
ed a Committee to count the vote on
county uniformity of Text-books in Cen
tre county, respectfully report that
they have carefully performed such duty
and that the foregoing is a correct can
vass of the same.
SAMUEL FKANCK,
JAHED HARPER,
VV. C. HEINLE,
Committee appointed by the County
Superintendent to canvass the votes
BELLKKONTK. PA., June 23, 187 9